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Peter Sterne / Politico:
The New York Times will add new product verticals to The Wirecutter, Sweethome, is already hiring more staff, has no plans to put the sites behind a paywall — A little less than a year ago, The New York Times began thinking about what it would be like if it did Consumer Reports-style product recommendations, Ben French told POLITICO.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
The New York Times acquires online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M — The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide. The Times will pay more than $30 million …
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Matt Haughey / 15 Minutes in the Morning:
How Brian Lam built The Wirecutter, rejecting ads as a revenue stream, opting for affiliate links instead; site is projected to do $200M this year in sales — I was happy to read that the New York Times bought Brian Lam's Wirecutter and Sweethome sites for $30 million today.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart coordinated with liberal activist and organizer Aaron Black who disrupted GOP primary campaign events, was involved in Project Veritas DNC sting — A liberal activist and organizer coordinated with reporters from the conservative news site Breitbart during the primaries to cover …
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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Trump's campaign launches nightly news show on Facebook Live, hosted by advisers Boris Epshteyn and Cliff Sims, with TheBlaze commentator Tomi Lahren — Welcome to the Donald Trump show! — Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate's Facebook page every night …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings open to AT&T Time Warner merger if net neutrality is upheld — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings signaled that his company wasn't outright opposing the AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner at the Wall Street Journal's WSJ.D Live conference in Laguna Beach, California Monday night.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
A.G. Sulzberger on his new role as the NYT's deputy publisher, the conclusion of the 20/20 report, and job cuts coming to the newsroom in 2017 — Talk about having your work cut out for you. — In a few days, Arthur Gregg Sulzberger will start as deputy publisher for The New York Times …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Impress becomes UK's first state-approved press regulator after application for Royal Charter recognition is granted — Impress today became the UK's first state-approved press regulator after its application for Royal Charter recognition was granted. — After a full day of discussion around whether …
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Woman at center of Rolling Stone story, “Jackie” says she cannot recall details about assault due to PTSD, didn't know her account was to be main focus of story — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The woman who claimed she was brutally gang raped in a story by Rolling Stone magazine …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Facebook launches online courses for journalists on Facebook Live, 360-degree video, getting verified, privacy options, and more — The new site will include courses on Facebook Live, 360-degree video, and useful features for journalists such as getting verified and privacy options
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Nielsen to launch a national out-of-home TV measurement service in US in April, using data from more than 75K portable people meters located in 44 local markets — Nielsen is taking a big step today to close one of its biggest TV ratings measurement gaps: its inability to accurately account …
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times removed words from stories to convince readers to whitelist its site. 47% agreed — Hope isn't lost for media organizations trying to get readers to stop blocking their ads. Maybe all they have to do is ask. — In July, The Financial Times ran a 30-day experiment …
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